While we believe that this The Ponderosa is located in Wake County, we know of another 2 North Carolina communities named The Ponderosa. Those communities are located in the following counties: Cumberland and Wilson County.
Beyond North Carolina, there are 21 communities that are also named The Ponderosa - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia (3), Kentucky, Maryland, New Mexico (2), North Dakota, South Carolina (3), Tennessee (2), Virginia and West Virginia.
If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Wake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
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When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 919 code has been Overlayed with the 984 area code. New phone numbers in the The Ponderosa area will be assigned with one of these codes: 919 or 984. As a result, placing a call in the The Ponderosa area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).